Chapter 59 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 59.7

अहमेकोऽपि पर्याप्तः सराक्षसगणां पुरीम्। तां लङ्कां तरसा हन्तुं रावणं च महाबलम्॥ किं पुनः सहितो वीरैर्बलवद्भिः : कृतात्मभिः। कृतास्त्रैः प्लवगैः शक्तैर्भवद्भिर्विजयैषिभिः॥

ahameko'pi paryāptaḥ sarākṣasagaṇāṃ purīm| tāṃ laṅkāṃ tarasā hantuṃ rāvaṇaṃ ca mahābalam|| kiṃ punaḥ sahito vīrairbalavadbhiḥ : kṛtātmabhiḥ| kṛtāstraiḥ plavagaiḥ śaktairbhavadbhirvijayaiṣibhiḥ||

English Meaning

I am alone capable of destroying the city of Lankā along with the Rākşasas and their lord Rāvana. What more can I achieve if I am accompanied by the heroic monkeys like ye, powerful, having control over their own minds, well-arıned, able and desirous of winning victory!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)